>Dont' give me this "they responded soundly to politics"
>line: Arabs are just as capable now and historically sa
>their 'virulently racist' neighbors.

Oh, no doubt, I won't deny that. However, the roots of it are based in politics, and if the poltical conflict is not solved, as it hasn't been, then it can transform into racism. But once the political problem is solved fairly and justly, and a modicum of mutual respect is restored between the 2 sides, then the antagonism can disappear. This isn't so easy with anti-Jews who feel their antagonism for Jews is a natural ethnic/religious/racial clash.